The Economic Espionage Act
Subtitle: a practitioner's handbook
By: Paul F. Enzinna
Publisher: American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Chicago, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781634258258; 9781634258265
Subjects: Business intelligence; Trade secrets; Espionage; Intellectual property; Criminal provisions; Copyright; Copyright infringement; United States; Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (United States)
Description: "Since the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) was enacted in 1996, it has steadily assumed a more important and visible role as a law enforcement tool. In 1999, then-Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder stated that because intellectual property theft was 'soaring, ' the Department of Justice had 'concluded that we must make these types of crime a major law enforcement priority, ' and promulgated 'the first, comprehensive inter-agency plan to combat the growing surge in the theft of intellectual property.' In 2013, Holder reported that between 2000 and 2010, DOJ had 'secured well over 100 convictions in cases involving criminal trade secret thefts.' This handbook is intended as a practical guide for prosecutors, defense lawyers and court system as the investigation and prosecution of economic espionage and trade secret theft assume a more central place in the U.S. criminal justice system."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins of the EEA; title: Enforcing the EEA; title: Investigating violations of the EEA; title: Common elements; title: Section 1831 : economic espionage; title: Section 1832 : theft of trade secrets; title: Defenses; title: Punishment; title: Protecting trade secrets during criminal proceedings; title: Multiple prosecutions; title: International enforement of the EEA; title: Civil remedies under the EEA.